Re: [Condor-users] Interactive jobs

[Bruce Beckles <mbb10@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, john.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> 2/28 11:09:39 About to exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -display nathan.nb-engr.mindspeed.com:0
> 2/28 11:09:39 Create_Process succeeded, pid=13194
> 2/28 11:09:44 Suspending all jobs.
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> As you see, the xterm is displayed from 11:09:39, it exited at 11:09:49,
> when the job received
> a SIGTERM.   Any idea what is happening here?

Have a look at your SUSPEND expression in your condor_config file.  If it 
is set to the default UWCS_SUSPEND expression, then your job will get 
suspended almost immediately, as that expression looks at "KeyboardBusy", 
i.e. if it thinks there's been "keyboard activity" (as would be triggered 
by the xterm) within the last minute then it'll suspend the job.  That 
would explain the "Suspending all jobs." log message at 11:09:44.

	-- Bruce

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Bruce Beckles,
e-Science Specialist,
University of Cambridge Computing Service.